Countdown to 2027: Edo North is for Oshiomhole
By Allison Abanum Adams Oshiomhole’s first term has been defined by a deliberate strategy of translating legislative power into tangible federal presence for Edo North. As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, he has leveraged his position to facilitate federal employment for constituents and ensure fair representation in federal institutions. His legislative record includes […]
Truth under siege: Nigeria’s urgent war against digital misinformation
By SHUAIB AGAKA Listening to the Director General of NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, speak at the Centre for Crisis Communication, CCC, event themed “Managing Crisis in a Digital Age” drove home an uncomfortable truth: the internet is no longer just a network. It has become a battlefield-vast, chaotic, and invisible-where the weapons are not bullets but […]
Rulers now to use words, not budgets
By VICTOR DADA For centuries, governance has been equated with budgets, how much a government can spend, borrow, -allocate, or distribute. Nations are judged by the size of their annual appropriations, not by the quality of their developmental intelligence. Yet history and comparative institutional analysis confirm a persistent truth: no volume of public expenditure has ever permanently […]
Senate’s push for death penalty against kidnappers
By Henry Obetta IN response to rising security threats across the country, the Senate has taken a series of steps aimed at strengthening internal peace and stability. Central to these efforts is a move to classify kidnapping as an act of terrorism and to prescribe the death penalty for kidnappers, their financiers and informants. The […]
Dangote’s N1trn investment for Nigeria’s next generation
By Abiodun Alade BY any global standard, Nigeria’s education crisis is not merely a social problem. It is an economic emergency. When Aliko Dangote announced a N100 billion annual education support initiativeamounting to more than N1 trillion over a decade and projected to reach 1.3 million Nigerian students-the figures were arresting. But the deeper significance […]
Ekiti’s Turnaround: Governor Oyebanji’s 3-Year Scorecard
Just three years into his tenure, Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s leadership in Ekiti State has been a breath of fresh air. At the helm in Okebareke, Ado-Ekiti, he’s been dishing out purposeful governance with a populist twist that’s got the people nodding in approval. The doubters have been proven wrong, and public confidence is soaring. ROTIMI […]
